Tradition Layer

Different traditions. Clearly attributed.

AbrahamMoses does not flatten traditions into one consensus, and it does not open on any one tradition's lens. Each is recorded with its own authorities and its own categories, so a comparison can say when traditions are asking different questions.

Jewish

Rabbinic JudaismThe Judaism of the Mishnah, the Talmuds and the codes, in which the Written Torah is read through the Oral Torah received, by its own account, at Sinai.Reads with 3 recorded principlessets aside 4

Christian

CatholicThe Catholic Church, which receives Scripture and Sacred Tradition together, interpreted by the magisterium.Reads with 4 recorded principlessets aside 6 Eastern OrthodoxThe Orthodox churches in communion with one another, for which Scripture is read within the living Tradition of the Church and its councils.Reads with 4 recorded principlessets aside 6 LutheranChurches of the Lutheran Reformation, confessing the Book of Concord.Reads with 4 recorded principlessets aside 5 ReformedChurches of the Reformed tradition, shaped by the Reformed confessions and covenant theology.Reads with 5 recorded principlessets aside 6 EvangelicalA transdenominational Protestant movement emphasising biblical authority, conversion and the atoning work of Christ.Reads with 4 recorded principlessets aside 6 DispensationalA Protestant hermeneutical system that distinguishes successive dispensations and keeps Israel and the church distinct in God’s purposes.Reads with 4 recorded principlessets aside 7

Islamic

Sunni IslamThe majority Muslim tradition, reading the Qurʾān with the sunna of the Prophet as transmitted in the canonical ḥadīth collections and the schools of law.Reads with 2 recorded principlessets aside 5 Shiʿi IslamThe Muslim tradition that holds leadership after the Prophet to belong to divinely designated Imams from his family; principally Twelver (Imāmī) Shiʿism in this record.Reads with 2 recorded principlessets aside 5

Latter-day Saint

Latter-day SaintThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which holds that priesthood authority and an open canon were restored through Joseph Smith.Reads with 2 recorded principlessets aside 5

Scholarly standpoint

Historical-critical scholarshipA method rather than a tradition: texts are read first in their historical setting, and confessional claims are set aside for the purpose of analysis without being judged.Reads with 1 recorded principlessets aside 12

Families are listed in the historical order of their emergence; scholarly standpoints follow. A stance records which reading principle a tradition uses — it is an attribution, not a verdict. Stances are provisional until verified by an editor.